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| Beautiful Sun Rise Mount Bromo Indonesia, photo by @tuanyuda |
Mt Bromo is located in Indonesia. Located some 4 hours drive from Surabaya, the capital of East Java, Mount Bromo is a part of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park that covers a massive area of 800 square kilometres. At 2392 meters tall, Mt Bromo is not among the tallest of Indonesia’s mountains but its stunning beauty lies in its incredible setting.
From a vantage point on Mount
Penanjakan (2,770 meters above sea level), 2.5 hours from Malang. visitors from
around the world come to see the sunrise over Mt Bromo. From this spot the
vista is magnificent. All you will hear is the click of cameras as visitors
snap their camera’s hoping to capture the incredible scene of Mt Bromo in the
foreground with Mt Semeru smoking in the distance and the sun shining brightly,
quickly rising in the sky.
The eerie landscape has spurned
countless legends and myths. Mt Bromo has particular significance for the
Tengger people who believe that this was the site where a brave prince
sacrificed his life for his family. The people here appease the Gods once a
year during the annual Kasada festival where offerings of vegetables, chickens
and money are thrown into the crater of the volcano.
Get There
To reach Mount Bromo, you can fly
to Juanda international airport in Surabaya. There are direct flights to
Surabaya from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hongkong, Jakarta and Bali. Sriwijaya
Air flies twice daily from Jakarta to Malang.
From there, continue your journey
to Mount Bromo by booking with a travel agent, or driving the
Surabaya-Pasuruan-Wonokitri-Mount Bromo route. The journey will take 2 to 3
hours. It is best for you to leave Surabaya at 23:00-24:00 in order to arrive
in time for sunrise. Or you can stay overnight at one of the hotels at Prigen,
Tretes, .to make sure that you are on the crater rim before sunrise.
Ponies can take you across the
sand sea to the bottom of the steep stairs that leads to the crater.
To Eat
If you forget to bring food, the
restaurants near Mount Bromo open from 3 am. They generally provide various
types of Indonesian traditional dishes such as Ketoprak, fried rice, Rujak
Cingur, Bandrek, etc.
Tips
The temperature at Mt Bromo
ranges from 3 to 20 degrees Celsius but the temperature may be several degrees
below zero during the dry season. If you
can’t stand cold weather, you should bring a jacket, gloves and a head cover or
cap. After the sun rises, the weather becomes hot pretty fast. Don't forget to bring a camera or
handycam so you can capture the natural beauty.
To Do
Watching the sun rise
spectacularly over Mt Bromo is the highlight of any trip here.
Visit in the month of Kasada
(usually in September-November) and witness the annual Kasada festival where
the local Tenggerese come to Bromo to throw offerings of vegetables, chickens
and money into the crater of the volcano. (@tuanyuda)